J Formos Med Assoc
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To evaluate the accuracy and effectiveness of noncycloplegic and cycloplegic autorefraction using two types of autorefractors (ARs) compared with retinoscopy in children and adolescents. ⋯ Both autorefractors showed great agreement with retinoscopy. Results obtained using NVision-K 5001 without cycloplegia were most similar to those by retinoscopy, especially for oblique astigmatism and hyperopia detection in younger children. For large vision screening in elementary school, Shin-Nippon NVision-K 5001 might be a more suitable autorefractor.
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Predicting the mortality in patients admitted to the ICU is important for determining a treatment strategy and public health policy. Although many scores have been developed to predict the mortality, these scores were based on Caucasian population. We aimed to develop a new prognostic index, the New nutritional index (NNI), to predict 90-days mortality after ICU admission based on Korean population. ⋯ The NNI has advantages as a predictor of 90 days mortality based on nutritional status in the Korean population.
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Impaired growth of the corpus callosum (CC) and cerebellar vermis (CV) is associated with poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. However, references on the postnatal growth rate of the CC and CV by sonography are limited. The aim of this study is to assess the normal linear growth of CC and CV using a serial cranial ultrasound. ⋯ We proposed reference values of the normal linear growth rate of the CC and CV lengths in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants using the serial cranial ultrasound.